Tag: CFDA

Kicking off on February 5th, 2018 and running until February 14th, New York Fashion Week is fast approaching. As designers prepare to show their Fall/Winter 2018 collections, we've compiled a list of what you need to know before heading into this year's fashion extravaganza, as well as a preliminary schedule of shows. Co-Ed & Non-Binary…

The Council of Fashion Designers in America (CFDA) Awards brought out the best in the international fashion industry on Sunday, June 5th at The Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom. Those who were nominated have made outstanding contributions to American fashion in womenswear, menswear, and accessories, as well as journalism, creative vision, personal style, and lifetime achievement.…

With Paris Haute Couture in full swing and men's European fashion weeks coming to a close, New York has begun to gear up not only for colder weather, but also for an influx of the fashion forward coming to view The Shows, as they are now known. New York Men’s Fashion Week will begin on…

“THIS IS A MAN’S WORLD,” OR SO THE LINE GOES from a certain song. Well in today’s wonderful world of fashion design, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Women fashion designers are making their mark and proving there really is such a thing as having a woman’s touch when it comes to fashion design.…

The Oscars of fashion, the CFDA Awards, were presented on June 1st at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. While events such as the Oscars are fashion awards in and of themselves as "Who are you wearing?" emerges off everyone's lips, at CFDA, the designers are the ones who take home the awards. Recognizing…

On Monday, November 3rd, 2014, Seth Meyers and Stella McCartney hosted the 11th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards at Spring Studios in New York. The winning recipient amongst this year's group of young American designers was shoe designer Paul Andrew, and runner-ups were Eva Zuckerman of the jewelry line Eva Fehren, and womenswear designer Ryan Roche. The night, which…

The results are in from the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards, honoring the top in fashion design talent and creativity over the past year. Amongst the winners were Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow of Public School, The Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Parisian-born ready-to-wear designer Joseph Altuzarra. CFDA's Fashion Icon Rihanna lived up to her…

The Council of Fashion Designers of America graced songstress Rihanna this week with the prestigious title of CFDA Fashion Icon 2014. The artist was selected based on her contributions to the fashion industry as well as her philanthropic partnership with the M·A·C AIDS Fund’s Viva Glam campaign. Known for her bold, sexy style, wild stage…

Fashion heavyweights have joined forces to discover the industry's next big thing, with Vogue's Anna Wintour at the helm of a brand new television series focusing on one of fashion's most coveted competitions. Every year fifty young designers compete for the chance to win the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and this year the process will be shown over…

Tens of millions of people tune in each year to watch the Super Bowl - the halftime shows, the adrenaline-building touchdowns, the viewing parties, even the commercials all become part of the phenomenon. This year, in honor of the 2014 Super Bowl, forty-eight fashion houses have partnered with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the National…

The Council of Fashion Designers of America and e-commerce giant, eBay have teamed up this holiday season. Creating a series of USB cords, made to perfectly rest on your wrist, with the best catch. You may use them as iPhone chargers, however it does not come with the wall plugs. Now, we all know…

On June 7, the second group of inductees into the CFDA Incubator class held an open house in their workspace at 209 West 38 Street for editors and buyers. The CFDA Incubator is a select group of up and coming designers selected by a committee of industry leaders. This group follows in the footsteps of…

The 2012 CFDA Fashion Awards, once again underwritten by Swarovski, will be held tonight, Monday, June 4, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Every year the CFDA recognizes outstanding designers at the forefront of American fashion, honoring the best designs in all areas of the industry and related arts. The CFDA presents awards in womenswear, menswear,…